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The Gunpowder and Glory Girls: The Bomb Girls 4
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Gunpowder and Glory Girls: The Bomb Girls 4
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rosie Archer
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Series | The Bomb Girls |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128 |
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Category/Genre | Sagas Historical fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781784297848
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Quercus Publishing
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Imprint |
Quercus Publishing
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Publication Date |
29 December 2016 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her friend Em, and Em's daughter Lizzie, have moved away, and a lot of others have left Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger. But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family - a group of local gangsters and black-market smugglers, including a particular thug, a pimp, who is determined to make the girl his own Can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?
Author Biography
Rosie Archer was born in Gosport, Hampshire, where she still lives. She has had a variety of jobs including waitress, fruit picker, barmaid, shop assistant and market trader selling second-hand books. Rosie is the author of The Munitions Girls, The Canary Girls, The Factory Girls and The Gunpowder and Glory Girls as well as a series of gangster sagas under the name June Hampson.
ReviewsA gripping story packed with darkness and light, love and friendship, greed and betrayal - Lancashire Evening Post on The Canary Girls
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